Top 1200 Greatest Quotes & Sayings

It's so childish, "greatest country in the world." It's like saying, "I have the greatest wife in the world. Not just the one best suited for me, the greatest wife in the world. And if you could have my wife, you'd kill your wife."

It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

The greatest discoveries will be along spiritual lines. This is the field where miracles are going to happen. Spiritual power is the greatest underdeveloped power and has the greatest future.

I set out to become the greatest lover in Vienna, the greatest horseman in Austria, and the greatest economist in the world. Alas, for the illusions of youth: as a horseman, I was never really first-rate.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails clean and is never a burden to anyone. Greatest fault: Lacks family, cheerful spirits, and strong stomach. Greatest and only petition: Not to be buried alive. Greatest sin: Does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life: None.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. I must be the greatest. I showed the world. I talk to God everyday. I know the real God. I shook up the world, I'm the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can't be beat!

I think it's great that these little various skills I have seem to add up to something, because I'm not the greatest pianist or the greatest vocalist or the greatest actor.

Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.

It is the greatest game that I've ever been around. It'll continue to get better and be the greatest.

A votary of ahimsa cannot subscribe to the utilitarian formula (of the greatest good of the greatest number). He will strive for the greatest good of all and die in the attempt to realize that ideal.

The greatest of all French critics, and possibly the greatest European critic since Aristotle .

John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest.

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift because it meets our greatest need.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.

If you're not ready to make the greatest effort, don't even think about the greatest goal

The truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

If we truly are the greatest city in the greatest country on Earth, we cannot fail those facing the greatest need.

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

The very greatest genius, after all, is not the greatest thing in the world, any more than the greatest city in the world is the country or the sky. It is the concentration of some of its greatest powers, but it is not the greatest diffusion of its might. It is not the habit of its success, the stability of its sereneness.

The greatest love I believe... the greatest love I have is for my children, but I think the greatest love probably universally is a mother's love for a child.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds which brave men and women are capable.

We shall go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time,or as the greatest criminals

The greatest poet who ever wrote about rowing is Virgil, the greatest historian is Thucydides, but the greatest imagination ever to turn its attention to the sport is that of painter, Thomas Eakins.

The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.

Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Chaos often fosters the greatest creativity. Breakdowns often precede the greatest breakthroughs. And when the pain is greatest is often when we're on the brink of the greatest realization.....When the pain is burned through rather than numbed, when our darkness is brought to light and then forgiven, then and only then can we move on. And move on we do.

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.

Greatest sin of man kind: neglect to use his greatest asset.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

A woman's uniqueness is her greatest appeal to a man - and his greatest challenge.

Duty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good.

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

The greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.

There's no such thing as the greatest album ever. There's no greatest book, greatest human, greatest movie. At a push, the closest record to perfection I know is What's Going On by Marvin Gaye or The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds but possibly because they are widely recognized as such.

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.

Were I to make the announcement and to run, the reasons I would run is because I have a great belief in this country [America]. ... There's more natural resources than any nation in the world; the greatest education population in the world; the greatest technology of any country in the world; the greatest capacity for innovation in the world; and the greatest political system in the world.

The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.

If Lance is clean, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sports. If he isn't, it would be the greatest fraud.

Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.

Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on earth.

Perhaps love's greatest gift--that it is indeed unconditional--is also its greatest curse.

In my opinion, the motion picture is the greatest medium of expression ever invented. It embraces all the other arts. The films that have the greatest unity, the greatest overall strength, and give the most satisfaction to the viewer, have been those in which a guiding hand was imposed in every section of the film's many divisions.

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to LOVE YOURSELf...It is the GREATEST love of all

Rising glory occasions the greatest envy, as kindling fire the greatest smoke.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

Vocation is the place where the world's greatest need and a person's greatest joy meet.